Anni Albers and ancient American textiles : from Bauhaus to Black Mountain
Entry/Object ID
N9500.A43.T76
Description
Anni Albers was one of many artists in the first decades of the 20th century who studied the material culture of non-European societies. Using Andean textiles as a guide, she developed a specific approach to weaving, building a rapport between the ancient past and the modern machine age.
Historical background --
Access to Andean art --
Andean textile at the Bauhaus --
Anni Albers at the Bauhaus --
Anni Albers in the United States and Mexico --
Anni Albers at Black Mountain College - weaver, teacher, writer and collector --
Anni Albers - pictorial weavings 1950s and 1960s.
